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RhACT I. LORD ILLINGWORTH You worship successes. You cling to them.

MRS. ALLONBY We are the laurels to hide their baldness.

LORD ILLINGWORTH And they need you always, except at the moment of triumph.

MRS. ALLONBY They are uninteresting then.

LORD ILLINGWORTH How tantalising you are! [A pause.]

MRS. ALLONBY Lord Illingworth, there is one thing I shall always like you for.

LORD ILLINGWORTH Only one thing? And I have so many bad qualities.

MRS. ALLONBY Ah, don't be too conceited about them. You may lose them as you grow old. 41